- Title: VM-568A
- Summary: SOLDIERS IN SINAI: A PEACEKEEPING STORY: THE MIDDLE EAST 1973 (OCTOBER 6-OCTOBER 21) BORDER CONFLICTS. PEACE KEEPING MISSIONS. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION. WAR. DISPUTES. RELIGION. SUEZ. CAIRO. EGYPT. ISRAEL. UNEF.
- Description:02:52:14 - HEAVY FIGHTING IN MIDDLE EAST. TANKS CROSSING DESERT, FIRING, TRUCKS CROSSING MAKESHIFT WOODEN BRIDGE, UNITED NATIONS FLAG FLYING IN WAR ZONE, SOLDIERS EATING STANDING UP 02:53:25 - UNITED NATIONS MEETING, SECURITY COUNCIL 02:53:29 - PANS WAR TORN CITY OF SUEZ, BULLET RIDDLED BUILDINGS, DESERTED 02:53:41 - PANS GOLAN HEIGHTS, MEN WALKING AROUND DEBRIS, RUBBLE, TANKS LEFT BEHIND, BURNED OUT 02:54:15 - ISRAELI SOLDIERS LIFTING SIMPLE WOODEN CASKETS OUT THE BACK OF ARMY TRUCK, LAYING WITH MANY OTHERS, SIDE BY SIDE WITH EGYPTIAN CASKETS. BUFFER ZONE OF SINAI DESERT. ISRAELI & EGYPTIAN FLAGS DRAPED OVER CASKETS. DRUMS BEAT OUT DIRGE FOR THE DEAD. 02:55:03 - ISRAELIS PRAYING FOR DEAD SOLDIERS 02:55:14 - EGYPTIANS PRAYING FOR THEIR DEAD SOLDIERS 02:55:56 - GROUND CREW SIGNALING TAKE OFF TO JET PLANE 02:56:01 - MEMBERS OF UNEF ARRIVING IN MIDDLE EAST, PEACE KEEPING FORCES 02:56:26 - TROOPS & EQUIPMENT UNLOADED THROUGH ALEXANDRIA HARBOR 02:56:45 - CARS & UN TRUCKS PASSING UNDER SIGN: WELCOME TO CAIRO 02:56:55 - UN TRUCKS GOING INTO THE FIELD, TROOPS GETTING OUT OF TRUCKS 02:57:42 - PEACE KEEPING LOOK OUT LOOKING THROUGH BINOCULARS ZOOM IN ON MEN ATOP HIGH CLIFF 02:57:55 - PEACE KEEPING FORCES CARRYING BLUE FLAG CAIRO SUEZ HIGHWAY KILOMETER 101 02:58:27 - EGYPTIAN & ISRAELI SOLDIERS DRAWING LINE IN THE ROAD WITH THEIR FEET 02:59:03 - COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF UNEF OVERSEEING NEGOTIATIONS. GENERAL FROM FINLAND WATCHING SIGNING OF 6 POINT AGREEMENT. MAJOR GENERAL AHARON YARIV OF ISRAEL SIGNING. LT. GENERAL EL-GAMASY OF EGYPT SIGNING 02:59:45 - CU PAN HORDE OF PHOTOGRAPHERS CAPTURING HISTORICAL MOMENT ON FILM 02:59:52 - POW EXCHANGE 03:00:10 - UNITED NATIONS MEETING, GENEVA 03:00:25 - CU WOJSKO POLSKIE PATCH ON UNIFORM 03:00:28 - PEACE KEEPING TROOPS BIVOUAC, ENCAMPMENT. SOLDIERS ON LINE AT OUTDOOR MESS HALL, CU FOOD LADLED INTO METAL CONTAINERS 03:01:03 - TRUCK UNLOADED FROM PLANE 03:01:16 - MECHANIC WORKING ON TRUCK'S ENGINE. LINE OF TRUCKS 03:01:22 - FOOD SUPPLIES BEING HANDED OUT MEN USING CAPS HATS TO HOLD FOOD 03:01:38 - POLISH TROOPS BEING BRIEFED BY OFFICER. CU POINTER ON MAP. CU MAP OF MIDDLE EAST 03:02:05 - DESERT SCENES. TIRE MARKS SEEN SINAI. 03:02:34 - ANIMATED MAP SHOWING OCCUPATION DURING THE 6 DAY WAR OF 1967 03:03:07 - ISRAELI TANKS WITH SKULL & CROSS BONES FLAG 03:03:26 - ISRAELI TROOPS LEAVING KILOMETER 101. CU OFFICER TALKING ON RADIO. U N GENERAL & LIAISON OFFICER CHECKING PROGRESS. ISRAELI TROOPS MOVING OUT DISENGAGEMENT, WITHDRAWAL. 03:04:46 - UNEF SENTRIES CLOSING BARBED WIRE BARRIER BEHIND THEM 03:04:57 - PANS EGYPTIAN SOLDIERS IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF SUEZ 03:05:17 - POV DRIVING THROUGH STREETS OF SUEZ, CITIZENS CELEBRATING, DANCING WITH THEIR HANDS IN THE AIR, SINGING, SHOUTING. 03:06:23 - U N PEACE KEEPERS MEETING IN MIDDLE OF DESERT, OFFICER SPREADS MAP OUT ON TABLE 03:06:32 - MAP SHOWING NEW TERRITORIES WITH NEUTRAL BUFFER ZONE SEPARATING THEM 03:06:54 - U N TROOPS MARKING BOUNDARIES IN FLAT DESERT WITH EMPTY OIL BARRELS 03:07:43 - MEN PAINTING OIL BARRELS WITH SPRAY GUN 03:07:51 - SOLDIER MOVING BARBED WIRE BARRIER FOR CAR TO PASS. 03:08:11 - EGYPTIAN FRONT LINE UNIT MARCHING 03:08:27 - SOLDIERS INSPECTING CAPTURED FORTIFICATION ON THE CANAL. 03:08:48 - LOW ANGLE LOOKING UP AT BARBED WIRE BARRIER WITH PIECES OF CLOTH STUCK ON IT 03:08:52 - SOLDIERS TAKING DOWN TENTS, DISENGAGEMENT 03:09:20 - POLISH & NAPALESE SOLDIERS TRYING TO COMMUNICATE TRADING UNIFORM PATCHES. U N CUSTOM 03:10:04 - UNEF TROOPS SENEGALESE & PERUVIANS IN TOW LINES TALKING TO SOLDIER ACROSS FROM HIM 03:10:58 - ISRAELI TROOPS EVACUATING ON WEST SIDE OF THE CANAL, CROSSING CAUSEWAY, LEAVING AFRICA. SIGN IN ENGLISH: SO LONG AFRICA. CU BANNER READING: 1948-56-67-73 197? 03:11:59 - MS LOWERING ISRAELI FLAG 03:12:15 - LAST OF THE SOLDIERS & TANKS CROSS OVER & SET UP TEMPORARY ROAD BLOCK USING BARRELS 03:12:47 - UNEF TRUCKS & SENTRIES WITHDRAWING 03:12:58 - HYENA OR DOG LOOKING FOR FOOD AT WATER'S EDGE 03:13:13 - FIRST EGYPTIAN SOLDIERS CROSSING TO THE SINAI SIDE 03:13:37 - ZOOM IN LOOKING THROUGH BARBED WIRE AT TRUCKS CROSSING CAUSEWAY 03:14:49 - PEACE KEEPING TROOPS MOVING THROUGH TWO LIMIT ARMAMENT STRIPS FLANKING BUFFER ZONE 03:14:51 - CU UNEF INSPECTORS LOOKING OVER MAPS 03:15:09 - MAN & HIS SON RIDING BURRO THROUGH DESERT, RIDE UP TO ENCAMPMENT WHERE UNEF TROOPS ARE PLAYING VOLLEY BALL. SOLDIERS OFF DUTY 03:15:48 - ZOOM IN TEMPORARY ENCAMPMENT IN MIDDLE OF THE DESERT. BIVOUAC 03:16:12 - LONE UNEF SOLDIER GOING UP HILL TO OUTPOST LOOK OUT DUTY 03:16:49 - UNEF TROOPS POKING IN SAND LOOKING FOR MINES CU SIGN: MINOR WITH SCULL & CROSSBONES OVER DUG UP MINES 03:17:06 - LS MINES GOING OFF SMOKE FILLING SKY. MINE FIELD MINE BLAST 03:17:16 - LOW ANGLE SOLDIERS SHAKING HEADS LOOKING AT BLOWN UP TRUCK 03:17:24 - UNEF TRIBUTE TO TWO SOLDIERS KILLED IN MINE FIELD SOLDIERS SALUTING UN TRUCK CARRYING CASKETS & FILLED WITH FLOWERS 03:18:19 - UNEF SOLDIERS CHANGING GUARD, LOOK OUT 03:18:29 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1973
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1970s
- File Name: VM-568A